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Common Development and Distribution License: History, Adoption & Terms

The Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) is a free and open-source software license, produced by Sun Microsystems, based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL). Files licensed under the CDDL can be combined with files licensed under other licenses, whether open source or proprietary. In 2005 the Open Source Initiative approved the license. The…

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Common Development and Distribution License topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Adoption and Terms as prominent areas in the source structure around Common Development and Distribution License.

Related topics
55
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
59
Extracted relationships
9
Related term clusters
30
Bridge connections
59

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 32 topics
Adoption · 9 topics
Overview · 9 topics
Terms · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

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Author
Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation
Publisher
Oracle Corporation
Copyleft
Yes, file-level
Debian FSG compatible
Yes
FSF approved
Yes (only 1.0)
Latest version
1.1

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Common Development and Distribution License
6Software license · Sun Microsystems · Open source software
6Free and open-source · Open Source Initiative · Free Software Foundation
23Copyleft · GPL · BSD license
6Bradley M. Kuhn · Karen M. Sandler · Software Freedom Conservancy

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Overview

Terms

History

Adoption

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How Common Development and Distribution License connects Entity context

The extracted context around Common Development and Distribution License shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Common Development and Distribution License → Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation Another extracted example is Common Development and Distribution License → Yes, file-level. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Common Development and Distribution License

Top relations

Author · 1
Common Development and Distribution License → Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation
Copyleft · 1
Common Development and Distribution License → Yes, file-level
Debian FSG compatible · 1
Common Development and Distribution License → Yes
FSF approved · 1
Common Development and Distribution License → Yes (only 1.0)
Latest version · 1
Common Development and Distribution License → 1.1
Linking from code with a different license · 1
Common Development and Distribution License → Yes
OSI approved · 1
Common Development and Distribution License → Yes (only 1.0)
Publisher · 1
Common Development and Distribution License → Oracle Corporation
SPDX identifier · 1
Common Development and Distribution License → CDDL-1.1 CDDL-1.0

Important terminology

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Important terminology

cddl gpl license source software sun licenses open mpl incompatible also 2006 licensed free public kernel code cdrtools linux fsf

Common Development and Distribution License relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 9 structured relationships around Common Development and Distribution License. Examples in this analysis include Common Development and Distribution License → Author → Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation and Common Development and Distribution License → Copyleft → Yes, file-level. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Common Development and Distribution LicenseAuthorSun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation1.00infobox
Common Development and Distribution LicenseCopyleftYes, file-level1.00infobox
Common Development and Distribution LicenseDebian FSG compatibleYes1.00infobox
Common Development and Distribution LicenseFSF approvedYes (only 1.0)1.00infobox
Common Development and Distribution LicenseLatest version1.11.00infobox
Common Development and Distribution LicenseLinking from code with a different licenseYes1.00infobox
Common Development and Distribution LicenseOSI approvedYes (only 1.0)1.00infobox
Common Development and Distribution LicensePublisherOracle Corporation1.00infobox
Common Development and Distribution LicenseSPDX identifierCDDL-1.1 CDDL-1.01.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Common Development and Distribution License bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Development, Distribution and Linux. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Common Development and Distribution License
    • Development
    • Distribution
    • Linux
    • Public
    • Microsystems
    • Oracle
    • Zfs
    • Source
    • Gpl
    • Cdrtools
    • Mozilla
    • Free
  • common development and distribution license
    • Development
    • Distribution
    • Linux
    • Public
    • Microsystems
    • Oracle
    • Zfs
    • Source
    • Gpl
    • Cdrtools
    • Mozilla
    • Open
  • software license
    • Public
    • Source
    • Foundation
    • Gpl
    • Open
    • Sun
    • Software
    • Linux
    • Also
    • Fsf
    • Mozilla
    • One
  • mozilla public license
    • Software
    • Fsf
    • Public
    • Source
    • Sun
    • Gpl
    • Foundation
    • Open
    • Also
    • Zfs
    • Cdrtools
    • Mpl
  • free software foundation
    • Software
    • Foundation
    • Free
    • Public
    • Fsf
    • Sun
    • Linux
    • Cdrtools
    • Incompatible
    • License
    • Licenses
    • Considered
  • free software license
    • Software
    • Foundation
    • Public
    • Source
    • Gpl
    • Open
    • Sun
    • Linux
    • Also
    • Cdrtools
    • Fsf
    • Incompatible
  • gnu general public license
    • Software
    • Fsf
    • Public
    • Source
    • Gpl
    • Foundation
    • Open
    • Sun
    • Also
    • Zfs
    • Cdrtools
    • Linux
  • gpl
    • Also
    • License
    • Incompatible
    • Code
    • Copyleft
    • Source
    • Licenses
    • Argued
    • One
    • Mpl
    • Public
    • Licensed

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Common Development and Distribution License, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Common Development and Distribution License with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Common Development and Distribution License — History · splits 27 ⟂ 33
Common Development and Distribution License — Overview · splits 50 ⟂ 10
Common Development and Distribution License — Adoption · splits 50 ⟂ 10
Common Development and Distribution License — Terms · splits 54 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Common Development and Distribution License

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples9
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Common Development and Distribution License to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Adoption & Terms, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Common Development and Distribution License · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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